Man charged with making meth

Police say Latham home held second meth lab ever found in the county

By BRYAN FITZGERALD Special to the Times Union

Updated 9:58 pm, Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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Miguel A. Manriquez, 23, 1080 Loudon Road, Colonie, was charged on Monday, March 14, 2011, with unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, criminal possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child after a search of his apartment at 1080 Loudon Road uncovered six ounces of methamphetamine and tools for making the highly addictive drug, according to police. (Colonie Police Department) less

Miguel A. Manriquez, 23, 1080 Loudon Road, Colonie, was charged on Monday, March 14, 2011, with unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, criminal possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare ... more

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COLONIE -- A search Monday of a Latham home resulted in the discovery of the second methamphetamine lab ever uncovered in Albany County, town police said.

Miguel A. Manriquez, 23, was charged with unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, criminal possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child after a search of his apartment at 1080 Loudon Road uncovered 6 ounces of methamphetamine and equipment for making the highly addictive drug, according to police.

Colonie Police Lt. Robert Winn said three children unrelated to Manriquez -- a newborn, a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old -- lived in an upstairs apartment at 1080 Loudon Road. Although the children did not have access to Manriquez's apartment, Winn said their health was at risk because of fumes from the making of the drug and items Manriquez used to cook the meth that were left in the building's trash cans.

Police searched the apartment after officers responded to a trash fire at the home on March 12. Officers said they found suspicious items near the blaze and noticed that the residents were acting nervously.

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Winn said Manriquez told officers he had only been operating the lab for a month and was producing small amounts of the drug for himself and his friends.

"This was isolated to a very small group of people," said Winn, who added his department has not made any other recent arrests for methamphetamine possession.